From January 31, 2009, John features Little Walter, Bobby "Blue" Bland, John Mayall, the Front Porch Swingers, the Neville Brothers, Jorma Kaukonen, Deanna Bogart, Jeremy Spencer, Double Trouble, and Lynard Skynard.
From March 2008, John highlights lengthy tracks from John Lee Hooker (with Steve Miller), Buddy Guy (with G.E. Smith & the Saturday Night Live Band), Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Canned Heat.
On a show first aired in March 2008, John features Ma Rainey from 1928(!) along with T-Bone Walker, Anthony Gomes, Sean Costello, Leah Tysse; blues-rock with Ten Years After, Janis Joplin and Canned Heat; and local musicians like Don Shipps, Gary Gallier, King Clarentz and John Long.
This show from January 2008 goes all the way back to Bessie Smith in the mid-1920s, along with some big-band jump blues, and cuts by John Lee Hooker, Susan Tedeschi, Ian Parker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and more.
From January 2009, John featured some of the best CDs of the previous year, including title tracks from J.J.Grey's "Orange Blossoms," Kenny Neal's "Let Life Flow," Dr. John's "The City That Care Forgot," and more.
Reaching back to November 2007, we bring this one out of the vaults, with music by Otis Spann, James Cotton, Mable John, Levee Town, Clay Goldstein, the Cottengim Brothers, T-Bone Walker, and more.
From January 2008, John features tracks by Jeff Beck, Mississippi Fred McDowell, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Popa Chubby, Joe Bonamassa, Bert Smith & Blues Deluxe, and more.
For this Christmas Eve show (first aired in 2008), John features all Chess recording artists in the "Vintage" segment (including Howlin' Wolf and Chuck Berry); and three "Kings" in the "Road Trip" segment: B.B., Albert, and Freddie. More music for the Christmas season in hour two, with cuts from a couple of Alligator Records Christmas collections by Lil' Ed, Shemekia Copeland, Coco Montoya and more.
In a show from Dec.13, 2008, John features long tracks, including several acoustic/"unplugged" sets in the "Road Trip" segment. Artists include Duane Allman, Humble Pie, Joe Louis Walker, Jimi Hendrix, Ruth Brown, Big Mama Thornton, and more.
From December 2008, John features tracks by Dinah Washington, Jimmy Witherspoon, Johnny Winter, Harper, Albert Collins, Duke Tumatoe, Moreland & Arbuckle, Howlin' Wolf, and more.
From the end of November 2008, John features Duane Allman, early Mick Fleetwood with Otis Spann, Dani Wilde, Sonny Landreth, John Mayall, Duke Robillard, and more.
Back into the vaults for this one: December 1st, 2007. Artists include Jay McShann, Peppermint Harris, B.B. King, Etta James, Paul Butterfield playing with The Band on "The Last Waltz," and more.
From late March of 2008, a show featuring long jams by Buddy Guy with G.E. Smith and the SNL Band; Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn; John Lee Hooker with Steve Miller; Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf & Bo Diddley from the "Super Super Blues Band" album; and more.
From November 2008, John Darkhorse interviews Lil' Ed (of Blues Imperials fame), and plays selections inspired by Veterans Day by Honey Boy Edwards, Guitar Shorty, the Holmes Brothers, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, and more.
First broadcast November 15, 2008, this show features Memphis Minnie, Elmore James and Jimi Hendrix in the "vintage" section; Billy C.Wirtz, Rory Gallagher and Buddy Guy live in "Road Trip;" and tracks by Oysters Rockefeller, Dr. John, Derek Trucks, Reba Russell and Sean Costello in hour two.
Tonight's show was first aired in June 2009, just after the death of local musician Jimmy Guy Cottengim. John Darkhorse's guest was one of Jimmy Guy's sons, Stoney Lee of the local blues band Tripwire.
From July 2009, a show featuring Junior Wells, Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield, Stacey Mitchart, Travis Haddix, Eric Sardinas, Chris James and more.
From August 2009, John featured two versions of "Mother Earth": the original Memphis Slim recording from 1950 to open the show, and Tracy Nelson's 1970s version with her band Mother Earth to close things out. In between, Solomon Burke, Toni Lynn Washington, Back Door Slam, and more.
From July 2009, John Darkhorse features Delta blues, both original (Robert Johnson, Son House, Sonny Boy Williamson, Mississippi Fred McDowell) and more recent (J.J. Grey & Mofro, the Tar Box Ramblers, R.L. Burnside, etc.).
This week, a show from July 2009 featuring Paul Butterfield, Jimi Hendrix playing "Voodoo Chile" from "Electric Ladyland," Roy Buchanan, Billy Wurtz, Robert Cray, Ana Popovic, Watermelon Slim, Koko Taylor, and more.
First broadcast over the July 4th weekend in 2009, this show features tracks by Ray Charles, Magic Sam, Taj Mahal, Joe Louis Walker, Eric Clapton, Big James Montgomery, Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women, and more.
From an episode first aired May 30, 2009, John Darkhorse features a scorching early Boz Skaggs/Duane Allman collaboration on "Loan Me a Dime." Also, both Muddy Waters and his son "Big Bill" Morganfield; Freddie King; Luther Allison; King Clarentz; the Mannish Boys; and more.
From a show first aired in August 2009, John goes all the way back to 1928 for a track by Blind Willie McTell. Also: an early incarnation of the Allman Brothers Band ("The Hour Glass"); Jeff Beck; Lil' Ed; Muddy Waters; Susan Tedeschi; Johnnie Johnson; Abandoned Cadillac; and more.
Starting this week the program reverts to a TWO-HOUR format (11pm-1am). On this "Best of" show from August 2009, John Darkhorse revisits bluesy music from the original Woodstock Festival in hour one, and features Smoot Mahooti, Steve Smith & the Sneakers, Tommy Castro, Joanne Shaw Taylor, and more in hour two.
This week, a show first aired in December 2009 featuring an early (1960) track by Johnny and Edgar Winter; Freddie King; Tripwire; Michael Hill's Blues Mob; Lonnie Mack; E.G. Kight; J.D. Simo; Hamilton Loomis; and Trampled Under Foot.
